Franklin Township Ohio To Reinstall Confederate Monument

[Wyrd of Gawd]

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When I read A Theist's OP i considered it to be just a current event posting without any commentary by him.  He didn't say if he supported it or if he opposed it.  Maybe he had an ulterior motive in posting it but I saw it as just a neutral post about a current event.  

Some cities have removed Confederate statues and others have resisted.  Now it seems that one or two are being replaced.  At some point radicals on both sides may get to the point where they kill people over this issue.  One guy got busted before he could blow one of the idols up.  This is not a kid's game.  It's serious business.  Once the killings start it will be hard to stop.

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I saw the stories pop up on my computer in the news headlines as a continuing event regarding Confederate statues and monuments. After looking further into the stories I thought that they would make for an interesting topic for discussion. Did I expect the back and forth shit flinging? Definitely not surprised. It's that way with just about every topic that we all submit for discussion.

This is America where only approved thoughts are allowed to be expressed in all matters great and small.  

IMO controversial topics are more interesting than bland platitudes because they present an opportunity to explore the topic in depth and to really dig into it and understand it.  

You can see the lingering effects of the racist Confederate presence in Ohio when you look at the thug cops that pulled up at the playground and blew the 12 year-old kid away without a second thought.  So knowing that the area is saturated with rebels helps to explain why the local criminal justice system let the cops get away with murdering the kid.

This site http://sundown.tougaloo.edu/sundowntowns...p?state=OH lists the possible sundown towns in Ohio, which has more than any real Southern State, including Texas which has 106.  IMO that history is more relevant to the racial discussion than the handful of monuments glorifying traitors.  The list of sundown towns shows how extensive the corrosive racism was and still is in Ohio.

The top three racist States based on the number of sundown towns were Illinois, with 361 http://sundown.tougaloo.edu/sundowntowns...p?state=IL. Ohio with 146, and California with 123 towns http://sundown.tougaloo.edu/sundowntowns...p?state=CA

So sure, the statues of the traitors is a problem but it pales in comparison to the overt racism displayed in non-Southern States.